Grind
Grind verb - To make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure.
Usage example: used the finest polishing paper he could to grind down the facets of the diamond before dusting it with a soft cloth
Lap
Lap verb - To flow along or against.
How words are described
| long | long grind | long lap |
| particular | particular grind | particular lap |
| average | average grind | average lap |
| single | single grind | single lap |
| Other adjectives: real. | ||
Common collocations
| everyone | grind everyone | lap everyone |
Both words in one sentence
- It's helpful in multiplayer so you won't have to grind with everyone, but computers blasting you with specials every lap?
Source: Video Game / Quantum Redshift -
Regulos in Rift is...well, imagine the bastard child of Unicron and 682 on steroids: He'd like nothing better than to grind the universe to dust and lap it up.
Source: Omnicidal Maniac
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